#27 – Dave Matthews Band
*Tuning: Standard
*When you’re strumming in this song, it sounds good to hit harder on the lower-
pitched strings but to still have the higher notes in there, just not as loud.
This tab is the intro. It can also be played with the first verse or it can be
played with the chords written.
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-4\2-0-4-----2---0-------------4/2-0-2----4/2---0------------------------|
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_____line 1, 3__________ ______lines 2, 4___________
E E
I've been high, I've been down LINE 1
A E
my head in the clouds, my hands in the ground LINE 2
E E
in the arms of a woman, I find my way home LINE 3
A E
in the arms of a woman, I have been lost LINE 4
CHORUS
G D A
when I'm so lost that this losing feels like dying
E E
I hope you'll be by me then
G D A
when I'm so lost that this losing feels like dying
E E
I hope you'll be by me then
E(hold) E
as a young man, I was afraid
A E
of my life, what would I make?
E E
I will make love, what will I hate?
A E
what bittersweet road will I choose to the grave?
CHORUS
G D A
if I'm so old 'til this oldness has me dying
E E
I hope you'll be by me then
G D A
if I'm so old 'til this oldness has me dying
E E
I hope you'll be by me then
[ Tab from: https://www.guitartabs.cc/tabs/d/dave_matthews_band/27_crd.html ]
E(hold) E
I'm sick of you, I'm sick of me
A E
I'm sick of war, I'm sick of peace
E E
I'm sick of sound like I'm sick of silence
A E
I grow sick of the darkness 'til I'm sick of the light
CHORUS
G D A
when I'm so sick that this sickness has me dying
E E
I hope you'll be by me then
G D A
when I'm so sick that this sickness has me dying
E
I hope you'll be by me then
E
I hope you'll be by me then
BRIDGE:
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E(hold) E
once as a boy, I saw what happened
A E
I saw them beat him down to the cold, cold ground
E E
I watched those big boys beat that man down
A E
I was too weak, too weak to take a stand
CHORUS:
G D A
when I'm so weak that this weakness feels like dying
E E
I hope you'll be by me then
G D A
when I'm so weak that this weakness feels like dying
E E
I hope you'll be by me then
G D A
and if I'm old 'til this oldness feels has me dying
E E
I hope you'll be by me then
E(hold) E(hold)
so I will live as I see fit
A(hold) E(hold)
and there will be those who will not like it
E(hold) E(hold)
in the arms of a woman, I found my way home
A(hold) E(hold)
so to the arms of a woman, I will always go
G(hold) D(hold) A(hold)
if I'm old 'til this oldness has me dying
E(hold) E(hold)
I hope she'll be by me then
G(hold) D(hold) A(hold)
if I'm old 'til this oldness has me dying
